Robert Patterson wrote:
You said, "You had me until here -- words have to begin somewhere, so
in some language, each word has been original at some point. :-)"
So I'm happy to amend my statement to "nearly" every word in every
language comes from a prior language. The only exceptions are the
relatively rare neologisms and the primordial, mythical First
Language.
Thanks for the clarification -- that sound you hear is understanding
breaking through my sometimes thick skull. :-)
--
David H. Bailey
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